Digitalization transforms pharma industry
Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Glasgow

Digitalization transforms pharma industry

In an era where efficiency and sustainability are not just goals but necessities, the pharmaceutical industry plays a significant role in leading innovation and digital transformation. The quest for more efficient processes, reduced waste, and enhanced digitalized automation has led to a wave of collaborative effort across the sector.

This edition of Discover Digitalization shines a spotlight on a center that is redefining the boundaries of pharmaceutical manufacturing and development. With over 30 partners, this center is not just innovating, it's setting new standards for the future of the pharma industry.


Digital platform facilitates seamless collaboration?

Revolutionizing an industry requires a collaborative effort, a concept exemplified by the Centre of Process Innovation's (CPI) Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Glasgow. This center has a unique setup where industry leaders and government entities come together, sharing the investment in innovation. It has successfully brought together over 30 partners, including academic institutions like the University of Strathclyde and pharmaceutical giants such as GSK, Pfizer, Novartis, and AstraZeneca, along with numerous technology companies. The open online platform facilitates seamless collaboration and ideation. As a Digital Enterprise, the center capitalizes on big data to fine-tune processes, accelerate development times, and reduce energy, waste, and cost.


This center delivers innovation for industry, with:

  • a digital platform facilitating seamless collaboration
  • IT-OT convergence boosting productivity with faster real-time release
  • Holistic solutions for a sustainable industry
  • Accurate simulation optimizing processes and cutting waste
  • Security down to the individual patient


Insights from Industry Experts

In the realm of technological innovation within the industry, a variety of experts share their insights on the progression and integration of cutting-edge practices. John Arthur, Director of the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, highlights the collaborative nature of their work. "We work with tech companies, equipment manufacturers, everybody and anybody who has technology that can help the industry," he explains. Arthur emphasizes the efficiency of their processes, noting, "We’re making things with less material from development through to manufacturing."

Andrew Whytock, Head of Digitalization & Innovation, Pharma Segment, Siemens

Further elaborating on the theme of integration, Andrew Whytock, Head of Digitalization & Innovation, Pharma Segment at Siemens?explains that by bringing IT and OT together, they're "able to use the large amounts of data to effectively make better decisions."

"The tool that we've used most for our Digital Twins for design is Tecnomatix. Our industrial partners set our digital ambition and my team delivers it." Dave Berry, Head of Digital Business Systems, CPI.

Ben Caley, the Product Manager for Industrial Communication and Cybersecurity at Siemens UK, proudly states that their center exemplifies the pinnacle of cybersecurity practices within a production facility. "Our center is a real best-practice example of what cybersecurity in a production facility should look like."

Ben Caley, Product Manager for Industrial Communication and Cybersecurity at Siemens UK


Read the full case study to learn more about how to accelerate manufacturing as a sustainable Digital Enterprise.


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The strides that the Centre of Process Innovation’s (CPI) Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre is making in digital transformation are truly pioneering. It’s exhilarating to see such a dynamic consortium driving the pharmaceutical industry forward with efficiency and sustainability at the forefront. ?? With Siemens at the helm of digitalization, the integration of IT and OT, alongside the sterling efforts in cybersecurity, exemplifies the synergy needed to scale new heights in manufacturing. Your commitment to a holistic approach—leveraging Digital Twins for optimization and fostering robust cybersecurity—is setting benchmarks for the industry. ???? At Roseman Labs, we share your vision for a digitally empowered, sustainable future and believe that our encrypted data analytics technology can complement these efforts by enhancing data collaboration while upholding privacy. We are eager to explore potential synergies. ????

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